"Stop it!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from the crowd, and the soldiers looked towards the source of the sound, but seeing that the person who spoke was Ma Chao, these soldiers immediately gave way to a road.

Ma Chao strode forward, looked around the messy scene, and asked quietly, "Can anyone explain to me what's going on here?" ”

At this time, a commander of the Ma family army with a wrist injury came over, pointed to the strong man who stabbed him, and hurriedly said: "Lord Qiqi, this person is demagogic, gathered a crowd to rebel, and killed several people......"

Before the tun chief finished speaking, the strong man with a hideous face shouted, interrupted the tun chief's words, and said loudly: "You spew blood!" You squeezed us soldiers, you ate and drank spicy food, but what kind of food did you give us? We still have to do a lot of physical work, and if you give us such a small amount of food, how can we be full? ”

After Ma Chao listened, he observed the scene again, and indeed found a lot of broken pottery bowls, and the rice contained in the pottery bowls could be clearly seen on the ground, which were some porridge with no rice grains visible, and even some moldy steamed buns.

After seeing this scene, Ma Chao was shocked: "Could it be that our army's food is already so bad?" ”

"Explain to me, what the hell is going on?" Ma Chao's face was pale, and he couldn't see any expression on his face, but his eyes became gloomy and fierce, like a poisonous snake staring at his prey, staring at the tun chief beside him.

Under Ma Chao's gaze, Tun Chang shuddered, he knew that if he didn't hurry up and explain the ins and outs of the matter. It is very likely that he will be severely punished.

Thereupon. The tun chief told Ma Chao the ins and outs of this matter.

Originally. One of the military Sima in the Ma family's army, his younger brother once died in the battle with Han Sui's army, so the military Sima hated Han Sui very much, hated Wu and Wu, and Jun Sima also hated Han Sui's subordinates who surrendered. As a result, the military Sima waited for an opportunity to vent his anger and strictly ordered the Huotou army to prepare a very poor meal for this soldier. Although these soldiers were dissatisfied, no one dared to speak out. Since the appearance of this commander, things have been out of control, and the soldiers have been encouraged to smash the firehead army, and after the military Sima learned about it, he led the troops to calm down, but he accidentally killed a person, which provoked this fight.

Immediately afterwards, the weapon fight escalated, and Jun Sima was also red-eyed. After killing several soldiers in a row, some people were shocked. But who knew that this Wu Chang was strong in force, and when he was fighting against Jun Sima, he actually entered the white blade empty-handed, grabbed the weapon in Jun Sima's hand, and then directly stabbed General Sima to death, and the rest of the people saw this, and surrounded Wu Chang, and they couldn't cure the Wu Chief, but was injured by Wu Chang.

What happened next, Ma Chao saw it, this strong Wu Chang is indeed not simple. Ma Jiajun is the elite division of his subordinates, and it can be said that they are all one in a hundred, one in a thousand, and they are even more experienced in a hundred battles. Being able to achieve the level of military Sima shows the high level of this person's force. But such a high-force military Sima was actually stabbed to death with a sword by an inconspicuous commander of the army, which made Ma Chao have a great interest in this commander.

Fortunately, the matter did not make a big fuss, and Ma Chao also arrived in time, directly stopping this weapon fight that was about to turn into a mutiny. And Ma Chao noticed that the largest official position of the surrendered soldiers who participated in this weapon fight was only at the level of the commander of the tun, although there were many surrendered troops, but when this commander was encircled, none of the surrendered soldiers dared to help this commander, which shows that this group of surrendered soldiers are all cowards.

The only true warrior is this captain.

Ma Chao respects the warrior very much, and Pound is a warrior, so Ma Chao respects him, and introduces Pound as a confidant, and discusses everything with Pound.

The cause of the whole thing was because of the hatred of the military Sima under Ma Chao's account, but this military Sima had been killed by the captain, so he deserved it.

So, Ma Chao said something in front of everyone, roughly meaning that he had no way to govern the army, so that this situation occurred, but in his heart, he regarded the surrender of troops as important as the Ma Jiajun, he has always treated everyone equally, the military Sima who committed the crime this time died, but the Ma Jiajun who participated in this weapon fight must be punished, and assured these soldiers that this kind of thing will not happen again in the future.

After Ma Chao said this, the feelings of the soldiers were gradually appeased. At this time, Ma Chao walked up to the Wu Commander and asked, "Why don't you put down your sword quickly?" ”

The Wu Commander hesitated, shook his head, and said, "No! As soon as I put down my weapon, you will take me and behead me, and I will not die like this......"

Ma Chao said: "I have made it clear in front of everyone, the responsibility for this matter lies with my subordinates, and it has nothing to do with you." If it were me, I would choose to do the same as you. Put down the sword, I don't blame the past, if you are obsessed with it again, don't blame me for being unkind to you! ”

That Wu Chang felt the killing intent shot out of Ma Chao's eyes, and he felt a shudder, and Ma Chao himself was a kind of legendary existence in Liangzhou, which made this Wu Chang a little scared.

So, the captain threw the long sword in his hand to the ground, completely impressed by Ma Chao's majesty.

Ma Chao saw that this Wu Chang put down his weapon, so he breathed a sigh of relief, gradually released the fist clenched behind his back, showed a long-lost smile on his face, and said softly to this Wu Chang: "Your strength is not bad, I lack people like you by my side, are you willing to come to my side and be a guard for me?" ”

After hearing this, the captain suddenly had a burst of surprise on his face, he couldn't believe his ears, he killed a military Sima by himself, and a few fierce soldiers of the Ma family, not only was he not guilty, but he also won Ma Chao's appreciation, and asked him to go to Ma Chao's side as a guard.

For a moment, the Wu Commander couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and asked, "Is this ...... Is this true? I...... I'm not dreaming, am I? ”

"What do you think?" Ma Chao asked rhetorically.

The Wu Commander pinched his arm fiercely, and when he felt a sense of pain, he said happily: "This is true. I'm not dreaming. Can I really go to be the general's guard? ”

Ma Chao nodded. looked at this somewhat honest Wu Chang, and asked, "By the way, what's your name?" ”

"Wang Shuang! General, my name is Wang Shuang! Wu Chang replied.

Ma Chao said: "Wang Shuang, from today on, you will come to my side to serve as a guard, and you will not be blamed for the past." As long as you work hard, you may be able to become a general in the future! ”

Wang Shuang was overjoyed and happy, he didn't expect that he would be blessed by misfortune, standing there smiling stupidly.

Ma Chao said in front of everyone: "From now on, my subordinates, everyone is the same, since you have all surrendered, you are my Ma Chao's subordinates, I will treat them equally." As long as you are willing to work hard, you will be able to move forward in battle. I, Ma Chao, will never treat you badly! ”

After listening to Ma Chao's words, the soldiers saw with their own eyes that Ma Chao let Wang Shuang be his guard, and everyone vaguely felt in their hearts that their spring was coming, and under Ma Chao's hands, they would definitely get ahead.

Subsequently, Wang Shuang followed Ma Chao away, and Ma Chao ordered all the dead to be buried, and this matter was settled, he didn't want to pursue too much.

The next day, Ma Chao personally visited Yang Fu and officially proposed that he wanted Yang Fu to serve as his military advisor. Yang Fu didn't agree at first, but later, after Ma Chao's two days of soft grinding and hard foaming, Yang Fu was moved, but Yang Fu was resolutely unwilling to serve as a military advisor, thinking that his talent was not enough to be qualified for the position of military advisor.

However, Yang Fu recommended a candidate for Ma Chao, Suo Guang, who lives in Dunhuang. According to Yang Fu, the Suo clan in Dunhuang is a famous family, and the family has been an official for generations, but after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Suo clan has been in a dormant state and does not participate in any fighting. In addition, the Suo clan was extremely influential in the Dunhuang area, and among the entire Liangzhou scholars, he was also a leading figure, and if Ma Chao wanted to control the entire Liangzhou, he had to rely on the Suo clan in Dunhuang.

Because the Liangzhou currently occupied by Ma Chao was obtained by just defeating Han Sui, Han Sui's power only developed to Wuwei, and the part west of Wuwei was never involved, but Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, and the fourth brother of Zhangye's vassal state were an important part of Liangzhou, and they must not give up. If even Dunhuang Suoshi is willing to help Ma Chao, then Ma Chao can get more talents, gain a firm foothold in Liangzhou, and gradually develop his own power.

After Ma Chao heard this, he was full of blood and immediately agreed to Yang Fu's construction, but he was worried that he would not be able to convince Dunhuang Suoshi, so he asked Yang Fu to go with him.

Yang Fu was naturally willing to accompany him, so Ma Chao asked Ma Dai to temporarily take his place, and he took Wang Shuang and twenty accompanying guards, and together with Yang Fu, he took two carts of gifts and officially went to Dunhuang.

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When Han Sui was killed, Dong Zhao escaped from Jicheng, rushed back to Yongzhou non-stop, explained the situation in Liangzhou to Zhong Xuan, the assassin of Yongzhou, and wrote a letter, asking Zhong Xuan to send someone to Pengcheng as soon as possible, while Dong Zhao stayed in Yongzhou, discussed with Zhong Xuan, secretly assembled the army, and prepared to take advantage of the turmoil in Liangzhou to lead the troops into Liangzhou.

Who knows, without waiting for the scout to rush to Pengcheng with Dong Zhao's letter, news came from Liangzhou, Ma Chao became the biggest winner in the Liangzhou turmoil, taking advantage of the cannibalism of Han Sui's eight generals, defeated the rest of Han Sui in one fell swoop, and cleared Liangzhou with the help of the power of the Qiang people.

After Dong Zhao learned of this, he suddenly felt that he had missed the opportunity to occupy Liangzhou, and after some sighing, he said goodbye to Zhong Xuan, and rushed back to Pengcheng in person to tell Zhang Yan a word.

Subsequently, although Zhang Yan's letter came to Yongzhou and asked Zhong Xuan to invent an attack on Liangzhou, but at this time the opportunity had been lost, Zhong Yan wrote down the reason, rejected Zhang Yan's order, and sent someone to Pengcheng again.

After Dong Zhao returned to Pengcheng, he told Zhang Yan about it, and when Zhang Yan heard that Ma Chao had occupied Liangzhou, he immediately sighed and said, "It's difficult for the lion to compete!" ”

However, reopening the Silk Road is an urgent matter, and Ma Chaokuo's clearance of the chaotic road in Liangzhou is not necessarily a bad thing. And now Ma Chao's father Ma Teng has arrived in Pengcheng and is serving as a guard lieutenant, Ma Chao's two younger brothers Ma Tie and Ma Xiu have also been appointed as the official position of cavalry captain, Zhang Yan then summoned Ma Teng, explained the situation in Liangzhou to Ma Teng, and prepared to enshrine Ma Chao as the pastor of Liangzhou, the general of Zhenxi, and guarded Liangzhou for the imperial court. At the same time, it also explained to Ma Teng that the imperial court urgently needed to reopen the Silk Road, and that Ma Chao needed to cooperate in Liangzhou.

The Silk Road has been abandoned for many years, the Han Dynasty since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liangzhou has been in turmoil, the Silk Road to Liangzhou, just like a kite with a broken line, in recent years, the Qiang people in Liangzhou have gradually become honest, and the caravans of the East and West have gradually become active, but in order to ensure the opening of the Silk Road, it is necessary to have a strong and powerful military guarantee.

It is precisely Ma Chao who is the invincible general in the minds of the Qiang people, and he is in charge of Liangzhou, which is enough to deter the Qiang people, and the Qiang people dare not mess around, so the rest of the nomads naturally dare not move.

After Ma Teng knew what Zhang Yan meant, he immediately repaired a letter and sent his son Ma Xiu to Liangzhou in person to explain the situation to Ma Chao.

At the same time, Zhang Yan issued a holy decree enshrined Ma Chao as the pastor of Liangzhou and the general of Zhenxi, and asked Ma Xiu to take him to Liangzhou together. (To be continued......)